Printing-machine.



W. SPALGKHAVBW.

SHINE,

PRINTXNG MA APPLICAMON 4 SHEETS-"SHEET 1` ..wxk O HAVER.

im; MACHINE.

.'LEi/l JUNEEG, 1906l Y Patented Sep?. 1, 1914 4 SHBBSSHEET 3.

W. SPA LKH V PRINTING' MACH UNrrED STATES PATENT' OFFICE.

wtmlim sraazcxnavnn., or NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIGNoR, Br masiva ASSIGNMENTS, 'ro nl HOE ND co.. or NEW Yonx, N. Y., A CORPORATION or New Yomr.

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Specillcetlon of Letters Patent.

Patented'Sept. 1, 1914.

application inea :une 2s, 190s. seran No. 323,418.

To all fur/:nm it may concern:

Beit known that I, lWILLIAM SPALCK- H,\vnn,'.c itiz'n of the United States, resid ing at eif` York, countyof Kings, and Statedof New Yorlnliave`V invented certain new andu'sefulA mp'rove'r'rients in PrintinglVIi'ichines` fully" ydescribed and represented in the following specification and the accom- 'to'4 have `been heretofore provided panying drawings, forminga part of the Sai-Ing' 1w" u 1 rI his invention `relates to, certain improvements in printing machines of the kind known as strai'ght line machines' in which thewcylindzers of the printing couples are .paralleland arranged in superposed decks,

the websbeing led in ystraight lines through the desk Multideck machines ofpthe class referred v with means by which the couples ofthf deck could drivendat varyingyspeeds', or the "purpose of varying the number of sheets in thenproduct. Suchv machines have also been proyided with extra cylinders for the purpose of1 applying color to the product.

*When color is to beap'lied to a. product, however, publishers insist that `the construe tion of the machine be such that the color pages may be m'ade the outside pages of a folded prodncgif desired. For this reason, it is regarded as necessary that the extra color cylinder when cmiloyed forma part of a deck which runs at flull speed, thevariatic-n in the size of the product being always VFormed by varying the lnumber of the inner sheets or by making some `of the-,inner sheets half ith. Inasiniich iis in the machines horen rre constructed, 'the full speed decks have tiren the lower decks, cqnisid'erable didi- {full}-l lnis been epeiiencedin designing machines to make the necessary space for the color cylinders, especially ii'niore thanone cylii'iderdisnto be added, without unduly nicreasing, the V s izle of v.the machine. Further, il.: equclnl'lylnippens that the purchaser of a ichineno't loruflinally designed for color or designed ,o ssibynfor only a 'singlecoln desires t haveuth'c capacityof the machine s dwhyl ille'addition 'ofveitlier a' color di' 'additional eylild 'slof this de,- sclilition.A A`S these cylinders inust Aade a part of a full speed deck', it has been iere- Fig. 2 represents in diagrammatic side elevation a three deck machine constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 8 represents in diagrammatic side elevation' the machine illustrated in Fig. 2 'arranged to produce a different product.

. Fig. 4,is an end elevation of the driving gearing for the machine illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an end elevation ofl the driving gearing for the machine illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3.

Machines constructed in accordance with the invention willbe provided with a plurality of decks, each includingr chnples by which a web may be rinted and perfected. The number of-dec s employed may be varied according to the requirements of the work which iscto be accomplished by the machine. In the construction Yshownin Fig?. l, a two dcckrnachine is illustrated, the first, printing cylinder of the upper or top deck being marked l and the impression cylinder cooperating therewith, i?. The perfecting printing 4cylinder is marked 3 and its coop- 90 erating impression cyllind'er is marl'cedud. The cylifideisderive theirink from 1nlung apparatus ofY thev usual type as 5, 6. The

particular machine illustrated includes as a part of.l the upper deck acolor printing cylinder 7-deriving itsI inc from an inking apparatus indicated at 8. In machines'convstructed in accordance with the invention,

th upper deckwill be drivenat full speed. While this may be elected in various `ways, in Athe` pnrticular construction illustrated, there is eniployeda :nain power shaft9 A(see Fig. 4) which provided with la.drivin`g gear 10. This driving gear, through inter v thrnugh thergrur 30.

inrdintcs ll, 1Q :ind t3, drives grail l-l which is suc-nrcd tu :r runntrrslmft; l5 vx'tvndinf.: :ii-russ the machine. 'vllns shaft [5h05 n driving guur ltitlwrvun whirl! ings-hes vwith :i gft-'ur 1T un the shaft lh nl" thc ryliiidvr 2. ll' will he understood, uf cpiirsc) that the pnwor"i z driving thc c vlinili-.rs 1,' 't, 3 and '1" wln'n tlnI r \'lindcr i' is vinl'iluyvil, will hc drriwd thruujfh in tvrinusliiinq gcnrsmf th@l nrdinzir)` typt', whirh rmistrurtiun living :ii-v lril in u. sti-night linr thrniigh thil runplus I ders Qt), 'Jl uf this luwtfr dui-k rcrvirr l'ln-ir l ink from inkinglr apparatus indirzitrd :it 3l :iiul f2.5. l

The lowvr dirk nf theI inu'chinqfillnstrntvd in ["ig. l is :ilrnngrd tu he run :it vnri'ing spiuds. uns wni's` in tht` rnnstrnrtiun illustriitsd. thvv shufft .l is prm'idcd with n pil-ir nfilizingr guurs 2G. -Li `:indtlurr is also prnvidr-d :i

This dri\'i n;r grax' 99 moshvs with a gaiftl un thc shaft 3l of th'uiinprrssion uyhndvr 12%. As is tlnA misi: with Ythc'tnp deck, the otlnr cylinders forming tlul rvnmindcr uf the' ruuplus of this dork, sinl dri von from thpcyl-indvr .vtlilrnnghithc nsnnl'- inti-rnicsliing gcni's.

Th(` wel) on whirh tlnl ivlindcrs of 'thv lower deck print; is ndimtrd :it W', this ivi-h hvingihrii'cd from :i suihihlfv inoiintftd w'eh rull indirzit'd ntsil lt it he disirtd tu run the lqwur dock :ih hiil{Spi-m1.y .su'zis tu caus. the v ylindirs tu pr(idnr-.l mio hull' th@` )rnduct producml hy thc-full spe-0d tup doc :i tlugaringis :ii'miigfml-as indicated in Fig. 4; that is tu sui'. thiA geur QG lncsl-ws" with thc grin* QS whirh gear drivvs thc lczir 29' through thu slnilt V'vmnnuin to both thesigrzirs.' .'vlhv. gwir 29 drirrs the. vlindcr Q3 The truth-0f thcgcu r .t urn so Apiupirtinnedtu the tooth in th(` gran' 2S :isitu runsu this gezu tn'rnn :it Ono. lnilfvtin-Vsiwrd of the shaft tl, so that, tlu` r \'liii.d`cr lil runs :it nur llzrlf'tllc spwd uf thisl slni l t. The 4gtnri-ng fur driving th(- Cyl. indcr` 2, liqwrvun is so` arranged that this ivlindvr rntis :it tluspcrd (if th@l shaft.. lll" it h dcsirrd tu run tlu` lnwvr druk nt full spcwh f lurgrnr t is slipped ont (if mish with tlux simi- :BS und thc` Jr: r 27 is brought dirvi-tlv"ininrsh with grin' 2t). 'lhu grzirs 7 :ind 2U haw the szinw nnitihvr 0f truth su that with'this zirrnngoinrnt. thv cylindvr l runs :it the speed 0f th Shaft 9.

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The. inurhiiw illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 is f rurrnllv -similar tu thu( dosrrihcd, except, tlnit it rontnins :in :u lditinnzilf dock :ind that tlw'rulnr rilimhir is omitted. rilindcrsnt thv tup duck are uiurkcd :53, 2HV :und the iinprrssiun .rylindcrs'35` 36. Thi.x printingr rylindrrs of tlu middh` dtrk arrA nnirkrd SET. ISS. :nid tininiprcssiun rylindms f li'. 4H, driws :i guur ttl. This-geur 49, hy nwzxn if intciinu-dintis fr0, 5l. drives u gear 'lhis ;rnr fr! is nmuntvd .un :i counter slinft. .l'whirli hy liu-zins of :1 grnr drives likthis nun-hinnjas in l hrhr;r drirrn hi' Suitzihlv gearing troni this' rvhndrr.

Thr wir til fast ien :i shaft 57 u'hirh is provided with rhnngr j {vzirs 5S, .TQQ

- inttrnwdizitu G0 isl roi inruil nud thi` position thc gral' .79. invshrs with. n. i.:mir r(34 oir the; shut't '(35 nl" the rylindL-vrrtfl. 'lhu'lnwer dock is driven by chungo grins (ti ti which mnpcrzitc with gears (3S. 659.- th(` gcnr 69 mesh to :i trnnst'rrring rylindtr 74 which in turn 'delivers thrin tu thel full spced'lcntzting and 'rull rtin r r \'lindcrs T5? which ,are the cylindri-s whirh rrroirr thel web from th top or full spwd dcrk. The, sliixts froiri thil cylin-v lrr 74 :irc brought upto the speed of the sluvts u'poriitvd npun hy theV Cylinders '75 during the transforhy :i nipping roll indirated :it 7G.- Frnm the ri-'iindcrs i5, the slnuts pass m'crn foldc'r nf thev longitudinal typc, indirntrd :it 77, and pass tirany suit :ihlol dilivcry, not Shown. Y

Thc sheets are vdiliv'crcdimx Collecting mechanisms of 'the type re lerzcd to are known in the art and a further lpecilic description of the mechanism by vhich the various operationsl a ie carried out is, thereforel unnecessary. Reference may, however, be `had to the patert to li. P. Sheldon, No. 572,225, dated. December l, 1896, for a full illustration and description of this ty )e of mechanism.

.t will be observed by making the to deck the full speed deck, the difficulties hereinhefore advertcd to with relation to addiv tional color cylinders are entirely obviated. There is plenty of room above the top deck for positioning such additional color cylinders as may he desired 'and the putting of such cylinders in place does not require any reconstruction of the machine. Thus, for

instance, it will be readily understood that.

an additional color cylinder or cylinders can be added to the machine shown in Figs. 2 and 3 without and difficulty whatever. Further, the machine built in accordance with the invention may have its capacity increased by adding additional decks. The machine shown in Fig. l, for instance, may be converted into the machine shown in Fig. 3, by simply adding a deck, which then becomes a full speed deck, suitable change gears being introduced to make the deck which was :formerly a full speed deck a half speed deck. The machine shown in Fig. l is by proper manipulation of the collecting cylindersl and. proper control of the Width of the web used on the half speed deck can pacitated to produce all products varying by twas up to sixteen pages, except fourteen`s.

'lhe machine shown in Fig. 2 is capacitated to produce all products varying by twos up to twenty-four )ages except twentytwos. "As illustrated, the machine capacitated to produce fourteen pages by obtain* ing eight pages from the full speed deck. two pages from a bali width wel from the erozul deck which is run at lnlll'-speed, and

l' -ur pages from a full width web from the loma' di which is also run at half speed. A The machine shown in Fig. 3 is the same is that shown in big. 2, except that as ariangcd iu this ligure both the top and bottom .lrrks are running al, lull speed and produce pages with which are united two page sheets cut from a half width half speed web winning on the middle deck, and by iunnirn: a full width web on this middle fleclf.. twenty pages may be produced without change.

t hanger; and variations may be made in the construction hy which the invention is carried into cect. The invention is not, therefore, io he limited to the particular conrstruction hereinbefore described and shown.

what is claimed isrl; ln printing machine, the combination with a plurality of superposed decks of rotary printing and perfecting couples, the cylinders of which are parallel and through which the webs are led in a straight line, of means for driving the top deck at full speed, the top deck being arranged to receive a color applying cylinder, means fior driving u lower deck at varying speeds, including half speed, means for leading webs to and through the decks, means cooperating with said lower deck when it is driven at a slower speed than the top deck t0 bring its product up to the speed of the product ot' the top deck prior to its association therewith in order to obtain roper register, a collecting cylinder to whicdi the product is led, and a folder to which the collecting cylinder deV livers.

2. In a printing machine, the combination with a plurality of superposed decks of rotary printing and perfecting couples the cylindersof which are parallel and through which webs are led in a straight line, of a color applying cylinder forming a part of the to deck, means for driving the top deck at ful speed, means for driving a lower deck at varying speeds, means for leading webs to and through the decks, means coperating \.itlisaid lower deck when it is driven at a slower speed than the top deck to bring its product up to the speed of the product of the top deck, a collecting cylinder to which the product is led, and a folder to which the collecting cylinder delivers.

3. In a printing machine, the combination with a plurality of superposed decksv ol' rotary printinf and perfecting couples the cylinders of w ich are parallel and through which webs are led in a straight line, the top deck being arranged to receive a color applying cylinder, of means including a train ol gearing for driving the top deck at full speed, a shaft for operating the train. change gearing whereby said shaft may drive the lower deck at varying' s'ieeds, inu cluding half speed, means for leaing webs` to and through the decks, means ci'vperating with said lower deck when it is driven at a slower speed than the top deck to bring its product up to the Speed of the product olu the top deck prior to its association there with in order to obtain proper register, a collecting c linder to which the product is lcd, and a older to which said cylinder de livers.

4. In a printing machine, the combina tion with a plurality of superposed decks of roA tary printing and perfecting couples the cyl`v inders of which are parallel and through which webs are led in a straight line, of a color applying cylinder forming a part of the top deck, means including a train of gearing for driving the to deck at full speed, a shaft for operating tie train, change gearing whereby said shaft may drive said lower deck at varying speeds, means for hfzding Webs to and through the dwj whereof, I have heteunto set e presence of two subscrlbmg WLIJ AM SPALCKHAVER. Vitnos;

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